{"id":116955,"date":"2024-06-07T23:00:26","date_gmt":"2024-06-08T03:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=116955"},"modified":"2025-05-11T14:53:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T18:53:01","slug":"tincaps-recap-fort-wayne-6-peoria-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2024\/06\/07\/tincaps-recap-fort-wayne-6-peoria-3\/","title":{"rendered":"TinCaps ReCap: Fort Wayne 6, Peoria 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

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TinCaps starter Henry Baez set the tone with six strikeouts and a sole run allowed in five innings against the Peoria Chiefs Friday.<\/p>\n

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Game recap from the Fort Wayne TinCaps:<\/p>\n

TinCaps Tough One Out Over Peoria<\/strong>
\nBy Brayden Carroll<\/em><\/p>\n

Fort Wayne, Indiana (June 7, 2024) \u2013 TinCaps starter Henry Baez (No. 30 Padres prospect) set the tone with six strikeouts and a sole run allowed in five innings. Then the bullpen cleaned up the rest of the way en route to a 6-3 win over the Peoria Chiefs (Cardinals affiliate) on Friday night at Parkview Field in front of 5,713 fans. <\/p>\n

Peoria (19-35) starter Pete Hansen (No. 25 Cardinals prospect) found himself in a second-inning jam with the bases loaded, but escaped the traffic unscathed to silence the murmuring crowd. Hansen finished his start after three and a third innings pitched, giving up four hits and a lone run in his three-strikeout appearance.<\/p>\n

Fort Wayne (23-31) found paydirt in the next inning behind a Tyler Robertson RBI single to draw first blood, 1-0. Things could\u2019ve been worse for the visitors, but with two outs and runners at the corners, Hansen escaped the third thanks to a phenomenal catch on the mound off a 97-mph bullet belted by first baseman Anthony Vilar\u2013Hansen\u2019s second snag off the bump in the game.<\/p>\n

The Chiefs scored a run in the fourth inning to tie the game.<\/p>\n

But the Fort Wayne bats ignited in the fourth with three runs to re-take the lead. Right fielder Kai Murphy ripped an RBI single and designated hitter Jay Bashears contributed a two-run double.<\/p>\n

Peoria responded in the sixth, as South Korea-native Won-Bin Cho (No. 9 Cardinals prospect) provided his second run-scoring single. Joshua Baez (No. 28 Cardinals prospect) added a sacrifice fly in the sixth as well to make it a one-run game at 4-3.<\/p>\n

The game remained within one run into the eighth until Murphy relieved the Fort Wayne faithful\u2019s anxiety with a rocket well beyond the right-field wall\u2019s peak\u2013a towering two-run homer to put any chance of a Peoria rally to rest.<\/p>\n

After Cole Paplham (No. 17 Padres prospect) pitched two scoreless innings of relief, David Morgan struck out the side in order in the ninth for a save.<\/p>\n

TinCaps catcher Ethan Salas (No. 1 Padres prospect) singled and, defensively, threw out two runners attemping to steal. The 18-year-old has caught 12 runners stealing on the season\u2014sixth most in the High-A Midwest League.<\/p>\n

Box Score<\/a><\/p>\n

Next Game<\/strong>: Saturday, June 8 vs. Peoria (6:35pm)<\/p>\n